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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 17) – In England, two cases of variant P.3 have been found, detected for the first time in the Philippines.
“One of the cases is related to international travel and the other is currently under investigation,” Public Health England or PHE said in a statement on Tuesday.
PHE added that it is investigating this new coronavirus variant, which carries “notable mutations including E484K and N501Y, which are found in several other variants of concern.”
N501Y appears to make the virus easier to spread than previously known variants, while E484K may reduce the protection provided by currently available vaccines, as studies have shown that it could evade some antibodies, experts said. .
The Philippines has 98 confirmed cases of the P.3 variant. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Monday that P.3 is not yet considered by local authorities as a “variant of concern” and is still under investigation.
The country has also recorded cases of variants discovered for the first time in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil. These are considered “variants of interest”.
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